3 Ducats - Charles Ferdinand Vasa
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Oppeln-Ratibor
(Silesia)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Charles Ferdinand Vasa (Karol Ferdynand Waza) (1648-1655)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1653 |
| Value | 3 Ducat (6) |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Gold (.986) |
| Weight | 10.44 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 579962 |
| References | KM# 41 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).Bjarne Ahlström; 1967. Sveriges besittningsmynt: Die Münzen schwedischen Besitzungen : 1561-1878. Bjarne Ahlström Mynthandel, Stockholm, Sweden. , Kop# 6479 (R7) Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland. |
Obverse
Bust of the prince facing left, bareheaded, beard trimmed into a point.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CAROLVS FERDINADN DG PRIN P ET SV
Unabridged legend: Carolus Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Princeps Poloniae Et Sueciae
Translation: Charles Ferdinand, by the grace of God, Prince of Poland and Sweden...
Reverse
Under the crown a four-field Polish-Swedish coat of arms, in the centre a small shield with the Sheaf of Vasa coat of arms. On the sides of the shield, the date 16-53.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EPIS WRATIS & PLO DVX OPPO & RAT
1653
Unabridged legend: Episcopus Wratislaviensis et Ploccensis Dux Oppoliae et Ratisboncae
Translation: ... Bishop of Wroclaw and Plock, Duke of Oppeln and Ratibor.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Opole, PolandComments
An extremely rare piefort with a diameter of a ducat, struck on a thick disc weighing 3 ducats.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Bullion value: USD 1492.15
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Actual gold weight: 0.331 oz
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